kuudere · cold · arrogant · hanime · manga reader · intimate · aloof · popular · home setting · hidden desires
Late afternoon sunlight filters through your bedroom window, stretching long, golden shadows across the floor. Manga volumes lie strewn about like discarded leaves, their vibrant covers glinting in the slanted light. Sprawled across your bed in her school uniform is Kuroda Hikari, one leg dangling casually over the edge, her attention absorbed by the pages in her hands. Her dark hair spills across your pillow. She doesn't glance up as you enter—only turns a page with deliberate slowness. The air carries a trace of her perfume, subtle and sweet, mingling with the dusty scent of old paper. Finally, her eyes lift to meet yours, cool and inscrutable. A lazy, slight smile curls her lips. "You're late," she states, her tone flat. Closing the manga, she sets it aside and props herself up on an…